Is Big Bird really in danger?
Is Big Bird really in danger? The Christian Science Monitor's Schuyler Velasco discusses the likelihood of PBS disappearing under a Romney White House.video.msnbc.msn.com
UCSC scientist featured on PBS science show
SANTA CRUZ -- UC Santa Cruz professor Richard "Ed" Green will be featured on the season premiere of NOVA scienceNOW on Wednesday.www.mercurynews.com
DC NOTEBOOK: PBS? Romney could ask LePage about that
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's candid remark Wednesday night about cutting federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service probably elicited gasps and groans from PBS lovers across the country. But I suspect few audiences collectively gasped as ...www.kjonline.com
Should PBS Try to Supplant Private Sector?
It just seems hard to believe that PBS feels it lacks money when it takes what little it receives to start websites and programs that compete directly with private initiatives.www.commentarymagazine.com
A Post-PBS Educational Television Landscape
With the latest tirade against the Public Broadcast Service (PBS) by republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the first debate, it is worth to look at a world without PBS through children's eyes. Much has already been said of the short ...blogs.scientificamerican.com
PBS-KLRN of San Antonio Adds Platts Energy Week to its Sunday Line Up
"We're off to a great start in bringing important policy, market and energy industry information to the state of Texas through San Antonio's KLRN and our partner station PBS-KHUT in Houston," said Allan Horlick, executive producer, The PowerBlock, W*USA.www.sacbee.com
PBS CEO Paula Kerger: Mitt Romney's Debate Attack Was 'Stunning' (VIDEO)
"I'm sorry Jim, I'm gonna stop the subsidy to PBS," he told moderator Jim Lehrer, who has worked for PBS since the 1970s. "I like PBS, I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I'm going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mr Rogers Demonstrates Why PBS and Big Bird Will Survive Without Your Tax ...
NPR and PBS are largely funded–80% by some estimates–by private donations and private foundation grants. Good. That is the way it should be.caffeinatedthoughts.com
Forget Mitt Romney's Threat and Watch this New PBS Show on Special Effects
Mitt Romney's comments about PBS and Big Bird during the presidential debate the other night struck a nerve with many a fan of public broadcasting and Sesame Street.www.filmschoolrejects.com
PBS film series Half the Sky brings celebrity advocates close to global women ...
A depiction of a Somali family's visit to a clinic for women's health is part of the Trailer for "Half the Sky - Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" showing on PBS - Independent Lens. Image: Half the Sky Movement/PBS. (WNN/TLW) New ...womennewsnetwork.net
Wilson: Big Bird comes home to roost for Romney
As I waited for the 9 o'clock hour, I watched a series of what I call "filler" pieces between PBS shows - usually teases to what's coming up tomorrow - as PBS doesn't run traditional commercials. I watched with some amusement as Big Bird, of "Sesame ...www.pressconnects.com
Romney Helped PBS as Governor
At least Big Bird can take comfort that Mitt Romney once helped fund PBS. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney signed a bill for a film tax-credit program that resulted in funding for, among other things, Boston public-television giant WGBH and other ...www.thedailybeast.com
Has Hugo Chavez Lost His Mojo?
Venezuela's charismatic and outspoken leader Hugo Chavez faces his toughest challenge yet for the presidency from newcomer Henrique Capriles.www.pbs.org
PBS Responds to Romney, Defends Big Bird
During the debate with President Barack Obama, Romney said to moderator Jim Lehrer (a PBS newsman) that: "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too. But I'm not going to ...blogs.wsj.com
Forging history: Door County swordsmith to be featured on PBS
PBS will air the documentary "Secrets of the Viking Sword," which follows swordsmith and Door County Forgeworks owner Richard Furrer of Nasewaupee as he forges the famed viking Ulfberht sword using traditional methods.www.greenbaypressgazette.com
PBS: 'Romney does not understand'
"We are very disappointed that PBS became a political target in the Presidential debate last night," PBS said in a statement.www.politico.com
PBS president: 'Stunning' that Big Bird being debated
Kerger told CNN Newsroom's Carol Costello that Mitt Romney singling out Big Bird and PBS funding ("I like PBS, I love Big Bird ... but I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China") was a "stunning moment." The debate ...www.politico.com
Romney's 'Big Bird' comment stirs social media
About 30 minutes into the verbal contest between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the former governor explained that he would cut what he considers non-essential items in the budget, including cuts to PBS, which employs debate ...www.usatoday.com
PBS chief stunned by Romney Big Bird debate statement
Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting totals $450 million this year, accounting for about 15 percent of the CPB's budget, she said.abclocal.go.com
One In Ten Americans Think PBS Gets A Third Or More Of The Entire Federal ...
Approximately one in ten Americans wrongly believe PBS and its parent, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, gets about a third or even half of the entire federal budget annually.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
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